Social Question

For the sake of entertainment, what is the useless, unproductive, or mindless activity you do?

You are bored, or just trying to kill time, what unproductive, or meaningless thing do you do? Do you play video games, peel paint from things, do card tricks, stack quarters, touch yourself sexually, what?

26 Answers

In addition to answering questions of various Q & A sites, I play a points game sponsored by our local newspaper which give points for answering questions that can be used to buy chances to win prizes. It also gives points for playing solitaire, and I spend hours doing that.

If I’m really bored, I go in my bed and try to nap, or just think about things while lying down while enjoying all the softness. Video games and playing with myself are serious issues, and have nothing to do with being bored. :D

I watch TV series that have already finished airing so I can skip ads and go straight to the next episode for my fix. I also browse tumblr (a lot) which leads me to new shows and movies to watch. Sometimes I get obsessed with a game for a while, be it solitaire, tetris, bejeweled, or being nostalgic on my old gameboy with Zelda or Mario. Rather than for relaxation, at the moment these things are being used for procrastination but there you have it.

I have a couple of mindless apps on my iphone and I am embarrassed to admit I can lose a lot of time without realizing it just playing Bubble Burst, etc! But I also love Rummy 500, Backgammon with my mate if he is in the mood or against the computer too. Gotta keep the brain active, you know, use it or lose it!

I don’t think of it as mindless or useless but I do a few things to pass my long work hours when it’s quiet and I’m relatively idle. I really enjoy freerice.com, waiting on them to introduce latin, I fluther, I browse my favorite online stores, I keep up my spreadsheets for chores, activities and one that’s called our 2yr plan. I don’t get bored too often.

I game, I like to play maha yaha tiles (or whayever they’re called)
Lately I have been Fluthering and neglecting my gamin.
I love to read or do word searches when I’m waiting for my kids to get out of school.
And I think, think, think about all kinds of things ; )Right now I am Fluthering and thinking about making cookies…

I have an original NES emulator on my computer, and over 100 games. I play Q-Bert, Gauntlet, Contra, Final Fantasy, and just about anything else you can think of, as long as it didn’t require the Light Gun.

And, I have my three year old hooked on it, too. His favourite so far is Wizards and Warriors 3, because he can jump up on all the windows. He calls it the “Jumping Windows GameGameGame!”